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Improv Acting II

Next Improv Acting II!: None scheduled! Contact us to let us know you are interested!

"Improv Acting II” Class ($160/8 Weeks, with a performance!)

Improv Acting II is a class designed to train an improvisor to entertain an audience. This class is a headlong
leap into scenework, stories, and characters.

Since Improv Acting II assumes that you are serious
about doing improv in front
of an audience, students should be familiar with the following skills:

  • Making offers
  • Saying “Yes And…!”
  • Making up stories
  • Playing with status
  • Endowing yourself and your partner
  • Creating objects and locations out of thin air
  • Seeing what your partner sees
  • Not worrying about being clever

This class pushes the following skills to really take your game to the next level:

    Stage Skills

  • Being seen and heard
  • Being aware of the stage "picture"
  • Practicing with "space objects"
  • Understanding focus
    Teamwork

  • Being flexible with your fellow players
  • Making your partners look good
  • Justifying what has gone on
  • Saying “Yes, and…!”
  • Failing good-naturedly
    Scenework

  • Being aware of the narrative of a scene
  • Getting yourself and your partner into trouble or "raising the
    stakes"
  • Taking your time to get a feel for the beat
  • Taking the emotional offer
  • Observing your partners
    Adding Color

  • Developing characters
  • Allowing your status to shift (and making others' status change)
  • Exploring styles and genres

This class is open by invitation of the instructor or to those who have successfully completed
the Improv Acting I course material. Improv Acting II is an 8 week course. Each session costs $160 and meets for 8 weeks at the same time each week, with a performance in the 8th week.

A prospective student may pay a $20 trial fee to try out any drop-in, 4-week, or 8-week class at the first meeting and have no further commitment unless he/she would like to enroll!

(Trial fee will be applied against regular class price upon enrollment. First time customers only.)

If you bring 1 friend, you only pay $15 each, 2 or more and you each come in for $10!

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If you are planning to join us with a group larger than 8, please contact us directly to register at (925) 609-8100, option 5.